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- 01 Feb 1998
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A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
Sadly, hockey-mad Canada has few cities that can sustain an NHL team economically, so it's losing teams to U.S. cities." Commenting on the first-time-ever participation of NHL stars on national teams at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
AR&D organization chart. After almost twenty years with the general, Elfers, then 47, decided to move on, soon to be joined by Dan Gregory, a former student of Doriot's who had been working for a traditional investment management firm in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
Address label: Born outside Cleveland, Ohio, Chen grew up in California and Texas before attending Emory University in Georgia, where she majored in business. “My three siblings live in New York now, and I’ll be working there this summer, so that feels closest to... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
'03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India HBS Club of India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America HBS Club of Brazil Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week trip last May, James... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
need to purchase the equipment necessary to provide treatment. Letelier wanted to offer loans—which would not require the same outcomes that many grant-makers look for—to help such an organization expand, reaching more people and recouping the View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
experience was exactly what she needed. “I was drinking from the fire hose,” she says. “At MIT, I learned how to problem solve. At HBS, I got a framework that allowed me to see the bigger picture.” The School also facilitated her career transition—from technology to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Buttner's (HRPBA '58) informative talk on the importance of financial investing for women, to the three upbeat and entertaining panels on how to succeed in corporate, nontraditional, and entrepreneurial career pursuits, to a moving speech... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
Marketing—and a longtime attendee of the School’s Agribusiness Seminar—has closely tracked the industry’s ascent. He estimates that there’s some $2 billion invested in the space right now, with money flowing in from VCs, View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Importantly, determining a country’s standing on these criteria is judged not by the MCC but by outside parties such as the WHO and the Heritage Foundation. Once selected, partner countries must submit proposals indicating specifics about how they intend to View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence by Larry E. Fast (PMD 52, 1986) (Productivity Press) Fast explains how to implement and sustain a top-down, comprehensive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
knighthood, recognizing his contributions to the venture capital industry.) Out of that study came a series of policy recommendations aimed at creating a sustainable system for investments in deprived areas,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
corporations and Wall Street as part of the cause of social injustice. But I also understood that they would need to be a big part of the solution, as indeed they have been.” America, who teaches courses on investing in Africa and on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
2022, it was heralded as a landmark investment in the environment. “This bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,” President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation, which included $369 billion for efforts such as advancing... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
investment landscape. The firm is the leading boutique for hedge fund managers, asset managers, private equity firms, and family offices in search of top investment talent for their public and global View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
which connects farmers to food banks to reduce food waste and feed needy communities; Anne Hayes, executive director of The Food Project, which deploys youth and young adults from diverse backgrounds to work on farms and in urban gardens to build a just and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
ahead of its time. Ecomagination was an internal program dedicated to sustainability and reducing the company's environmental impact. Now it launched in 2005 and it has been, as you note, one of the most successful commercial efforts in... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
myself. I'm cautious when investing because we need to build sustainable businesses and create a competitive track record for the country, if we're going to improve opportunities for the next generation."... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
and make the government’s international outreach efforts—from agriculture and education to health care—more effective and scalable. Wu describes the work at USAID as “essentially a two-and-a-half year-old venture capital fund housed in the agency to View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman